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The Cultural Animal: Human Nature, Meaning, and Social Life by Roy F. Baumeister 9780195167030
$44.67What makes us human? Why do people think, feel, and act as they do? What is the essence of human nature? What is the basic relationship between the individual and society? These questions have fascinated both great thinkers and ordinary humans for... -
Test Yourself: Social Psychology: Learning through assessment by Penney Upton 9780857256539
RRP: $54.58$44.94Test Yourself: Social Psychology provides essential learning and practice through assessment for your psychology students. It enables year 1 and 2 undergraduates to assess their confidence and competence and prepare for the types of questions featured in... -
Predicting and Changing Behavior: The Reasoned Action Approach Martin Fishbein 9781138995215
RRP: $100.78$89.31This book describes the reasoned action approach, an integrative framework for the prediction and change of human social behavior. It provides an up-to-date review of relevant research, discusses critical issues related to the reasoned action framework,... -
The Social Construction of Lesbianism by Celia Kitzinger 9780803981171
RRP: $126.00$109.83The old model of lesbianism as a pathological affliction has largely given way to a liberal social scientific one which presents it as an alternative lifestyle, a way of loving, a sexual preference, or a source of personal fulfilment. This controversial... -
The Psychology of Serial Killer Investigations: The Grisly Business Unit by Robert D. Keppel 9780124042605
RRP: $104.98$94.12Serial killers like Seattle's Ted Bundy, Maryland's Beltway Sniper, Atlanta's Wayne Williams, or England's Peter Sutcliffe usually outsmart the task forces on their trail for long periods of time. Keppel and Birnes take readers inside the operations of... -
Social Construction in Context by Kenneth J. Gergen 9780761965459
RRP: $104.98$91.88This latest book by one the world's leading protagonists in the field will be welcomed not just by psychologists but by students, academics and professionals interested in social constructionism across a wide range of subjects. Social Construction in... -
Public Space by Stephen Carr 9780521359603
RRP: $104.98$91.18Sorry no description is available for this book at this time. -
Beyond Prejudice: Extending the Social Psychology of Conflict, Inequality and Social Change by Prof. John Dixon 9780521139625
RRP: $71.38$61.45The concept of prejudice has profoundly influenced how we have investigated, explained and tried to change intergroup relations of discrimination and inequality. But what has this concept contributed to our knowledge of relations between groups and what... -
Rethinking Body Language: How Hand Movements Reveal Hidden Thoughts by Geoffrey Beattie
$77.81Challenging all of our old assumptions about the subject, Rethinking Body Language builds on the most recent cutting-edge research to offer a new theoretical perspective on this subject that will transform the way we look at other people. In contrast to... -
Change: What Really Leads to Lasting Personal Transformation by Jeffrey A. Kottler
RRP: $68.23$50.82Change is often a mystery, one that baffles doctors, therapists, teachers, coaches, parents-and especially those of us who struggle to alter bad habits or simply make lasting improvements in our lives. Why do we suddenly change for the better after years... -
Self-Insight: Roadblocks and Detours on the Path to Knowing Thyself by David Dunning
RRP: $109.18$94.90People base thousands of choices across a lifetime on the views they hold of their skill and moral character, yet a growing body of research in psychology shows that such self-views are often misguided or misinformed. Anyone who has dealt with others in... -
Personality: Determinants, Dynamics, and Potentials by Gian-Vittorio Caprara
RRP: $88.18$76.21Personality: Determinants, Dynamics and Potentials, first published in 2000, is a comprehensive survey of research and theory in personality psychology. The book provides balanced coverage of biological, cognitive, affective, social, and interpersonal... -
The Order-Disorder Paradox by Nathan Schwartz-Salant
RRP: $31.48$20.96Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781623171162Author Nathan Schwartz-SalantFormat PaperbackPage Count 176Imprint North Atlantic Books,U.S.Publisher North Atlantic Books,U.S.Weight(grams)... -
Why Aren't We Saving the Planet?: A Psychologist's Perspective by Geoffrey Beattie
RRP: $46.18$40.61Global warming. Many of us believe that it is somebody else's problem, that it will affect other people and that other people will come up with the solution. This is not true. "Global" warming is a global problem: it will affect every single one of us... -
The Psychology of Influence: Theory, research and practice Joop Pligt (University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands) 9781138655393
RRP: $100.78$88.47Whether it's our choice of a new car or what we think about our neighbours, our opinions and attitudes are a way of negotiating the world around us. The Psychology of Influence explores how these preferences and behaviours are influenced and affected by... -
Political Plasticity: The Future of Democracy and Dictatorship by Fathali M. Moghaddam
RRP: $48.28$41.08Political plasticity refers to limitations on how fast, how much, and in what ways political behavior does (or does not) change. In a number of important areas of behavior, such as leader-follower relations, ethnicity, religion, and the rich-poor divide,... -
The Sociology of Emotions by Jonathan H. Turner
RRP: $81.88$69.85All social relations involve emotional responses, from the simplest face-to-face encounter through the mobilization of social movements to the commitments that individuals develop for culture and society. The social world is thus dependent upon the... -
Sport Fans: The Psychology and Social Impact of Fandom Daniel L. Wann 9781138683167
$116.19Sports, and the fans that follow them, are everywhere. Sport Fans: The Psychology and Social Impact of Fandom examines the affective, behavioral, and cognitive reactions of fans to better comprehend how sport impacts individual fans and society as a... -
Critical Issues in Clinical and Health Psychology by Poul Rohleder
RRP: $94.48$77.76"This book extends the ongoing discussion on critical approaches within clinical and health psychology. In particular, it emphasises the need to consider the importance of social and cultural factors in understanding health, illness and disability. With... -
Vision, Reality and Complex: Jung, Politics and Culture by Thomas Singer
RRP: $39.88$35.43Vision, Reality and Complex brings together a rich selection of Thomas Singer's scholarship on the development of the cultural complex theory and explores the relationship between vision, reality, and illusion in politics and psyche.The chapters in this... -
The Psychology of Happiness: A Good Human Life by Samuel S. Franklin
RRP: $48.28$41.08When Thomas Jefferson placed 'the pursuit of happiness' along with life and liberty in The Declaration of Independence he was most likely referring to Aristotle's concept of happiness, or eudaimonia. Eudaimonia is not about good feelings but rather the... -
The Architecture of Desistance by Stephen Farrall
RRP: $83.98$73.63The volume of studies into desistance has grown dramatically in recent years. Much of this research has focused on the internal dynamics of desistance such as decision-making, choice and restraint. Bringing together leading figures and drawing upon case... -
Best Laid Schemes: The Psychology of the Emotions by Keith Oatley
RRP: $88.18$76.84Keith Oatley draws on theories from psychology, philosophy and linguistics, as well as writings from other social sciences, to show how emotions are central to any understanding of human actions and mental life.Reviews'Keith Oatley has written a... -
Genealogy, Psychology and Therapy: Uncovering Trauma Paula Nicolson (Emeritus Professor, University of London (Royal Holloway), UK) 9781032114125
RRP: $75.58$67.07Fully revised and updated, Genealogy, Psychology and Therapy highlights the importance of genealogy in the development of identity, and the therapeutic potential of family history in cultivating wellbeing. The popularity of amateur genealogy and family... -
Power and Innocence: A Search for the Sources of Violence by Rollo May 9780393317039
RRP: $39.90$34.42Rollo May defines power as the ability to cause or prevent change; innocence, on the other hand, is the conscious divesting of one's power to make it seem a virtuea form of powerlessness that Dr. May sees as particularly American in nature. From these... -
Hivemind: The New Science of Tribalism in Our Divided World Sarah Rose Cavanagh 9781409194323
RRP: $18.88$13.42Cavanagh brings you along on her journey through an exquisite collection of scholarly knowledge and empirical insight to ground both your mind and your gut. From zombies to bees, moral panics to conspiracy theories, Hivemind mixes the dark with the... -
Microaggressions and Marginality: Manifestation, Dynamics, and Impact by Derald Wing Sue
RRP: $100.70$88.58A landmark volume exploring covert bias, prejudice, and discrimination with hopeful solutions for their eventual dissolution Exploring the psychological dynamics of unconscious and unintentional expressions of bias and prejudice toward socially devalued... -
The Making of Modern Social Psychology: The Hidden Story of How an International Social Science was Created Serge Moscovici (Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales) 9780745629667
RRP: $37.78$35.05This fascinating book makes an important contribution to the history of the social sciences. It tells the largely hidden story of how social psychology became an international social science, vividly documenting the micro-politics of a virtually... -
The Nature of Hate by Robert J. Sternberg
RRP: $56.68$47.88What is hate and why is there so much of it? How does it originate, and what can we do about it? This book opens with a discussion of how hate makes its presence felt in the real world, discussing various definitions and theories of hate. Next it... -
The Emotions by Nico H. Frijda 9780521316002
RRP: $125.98$107.58What are 'emotions'? Drawing together the threads of current research on the nature and funactions of emotional expression, of physiological reactions, and of emotional experience, this book offers a balanced survey of facts and theory. Nico Frijda... -
In Praise of Wasting Time by Alan Lightman 9781501154362
RRP: $35.68$21.69Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781501154362Author Alan LightmanFormat HardbackPage Count 128Imprint Simon & Schuster/ TedPublisher Simon & Schuster/ TedWeight(grams) 249gDimensions(mm)... -
A Talent for Friendship: Rediscovery of a Remarkable Trait by John Edward Terrell 9780199386451
RRP: $69.28$61.85This book frames our biological and psychological capacity to make friends as an evolved ability, comparing friendship to other evolved traits of human beings such as walking upright on two legs, having opposable thumbs and a prominent chin, and... -
Social Influence: Direct and Indirect Processes Joseph P. Forgas 9781841690391
$118.31Social influence processes play a key role in human behavior. Arguably our extraordinary evolutionary success has much to do with our subtle and highly developed ability to interact with and influence each other. In this volume, leading international... -
Autobiographical Memory by David C. Rubin 9780521368506
RRP: $81.88$69.85Autobiographical memory is a major form of human memory. it is the basis of most psycotherapies, an important repository of legal, historical, and literary information, and, in some views, the source of the concept of self. When it fails, it is the focus... -
Individuals, Relationships and Culture: Links between Ethology and the Social Sciences by Robert A. Hinde 9780521348447
RRP: $65.08$53.45Both biologists and social scientists have much to say about human behaviour. Yet attempts to combine their approaches to provide a deeper understanding of human nature have not so far been generally successful. First published in 1987, this book offered... -
The Wiley Blackwell Handbook of Operant and Classical Conditioning Frances K. McSweeney (Frances K. McSweeney, Washington State University and Eric S. Murphy,University of Alaska Anchorage.) 9781118468180
RRP: $275.00$242.36This combined survey of operant and classical conditioning provides professional and academic readers with an up-to-date, inclusive account of a core field of psychology research, with in-depth coverage of the basic theory, its applications, and current... -
Self and Society: Narcissism, Collectivism, and the Development of Morals by Drew Westen 9780521317702
RRP: $88.18$68.63The relation between individual and collective processes is central to the social sciences, yet difficult to conceptualize because of the necessity of crossing disciplinary boundaries. The result is that researchers in different disciplines construct... -
Toward an Integrated Science of Wellbeing by Elizabeth Rieger 9780197567579
RRP: $113.40$103.38There has always been interest in understanding what constitutes the good life and the basis for creating it. Much has been written about health and wellbeing at multiple scales, from the physical and psychological through to the societal and... -
The Dark Side of Creativity by David H. Cropley 9780521139601
RRP: $81.88$69.85With few exceptions, scholarship on creativity has focused on its positive aspects while largely ignoring its dark side. This includes not only creativity deliberately aimed at hurting others, such as crime or terrorism, or at gaining unfair advantages,... -
Case Studies in Multicultural Counseling and Therapy Derald Wing Sue (Teachers College, Columbia University) 9781118487556
RRP: $98.60$86.65An indispensable collection of real-life clinical cases from practicing experts in the field of multicultural counseling and psychotherapy Case Studies in Multicultural Counseling and Therapy is a one-of-a-kind resource presenting actual cases...